4th Parliament of Ontario explained

The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Riding	Member	Party
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal
Brant	James Young	Liberal
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells^[2]	Liberal
	Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882)	Liberal
Cardwell	Charles Robinson	Liberal
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative
Cornwall	William Mack	Liberal
Dufferin	John Barr^[3]	Conservative
	William Jelly (1880)	Conservative
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative
Durham East	John Rosevear^[4]	Conservative
	Charles Herbert Brereton (1882)	Conservative
Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal
Elgin East	Thomas McIntyre Nairn	Liberal
Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative
Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative
	William Douglas Balfour (1882)	Liberal
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative
Glengarry	Donald Macmaster	Conservative
	James Rayside (1882)	Liberal
Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative
Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal
Halton	David Robertson	Liberal
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal
Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent Conservative
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative
Hastings West	Alexander Robertson	Conservative
	Baltis Rose (1882)	Conservative
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal
Kent West	Edward Robinson	Liberal
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal
Lanark South	William Lees	Independent
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative
Leeds South	William Richardson	Conservative
Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal
Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller^[5]	Liberal
	James Whitney Bettes (1882)	Liberal
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal
Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal
Northumberland West	John Collard Field	Liberal
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton^[6]	Liberal
	Frank Madill (1881)	Conservative
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal
Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal
Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative
	Robert Kincaid (1882)	Conservative
Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative
	Albert Peter Hagar	Liberal (1881)
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal
Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal
	William Balmer McAllister (1882)	Conservative
Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal
Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative
Simcoe East	Herman Henry Cook	Liberal
	Charles Alfred Drury (1882)	Liberal
Simcoe South	William James Parkhill	Conservative
Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative
Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative
Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative
Victoria North	Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal
	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881)	Liberal
Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal
	Isaac Master (1882)	Liberal
Welland	Daniel Near	Liberal
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal
Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal
Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal
York East	George Badgerow	Liberal
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal

Notes

1. Web site: Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . 2014-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801101335/http://speaker.ontla.on.ca/en/at-the-assembly/speakers/ . 2014-08-01 . dead .
2. elected to federal seat
3. unseated after an appeal
4. died in 1881
5. resigned to contest federal seat
6. appointed sheriff in 1881

References

• A History of Ontario : its resources and development., Alexander Fraser
• Members in Parliament 4